- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I think that our laboratories are but little earthworks which men build about themselves, and whose puny tops too often conceal from view the Olympian heights; that we who work in these laboratories are but skilled artisans compared with the man who is able to observe and to draw accurate deductions from the world about him.
- Foolish
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful. There is nothing I can think of that is quite as isolating as this.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If depression has taught me one thing, it is this: what a rare and beautiful treasure is the simple human gift of joy. For me now, joy - our capacity to delight in one another and in the world - is the reason why we are here. It is as simple as that. And I feel compelled to spread the word.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
People often think that the world fashion is so full of a certain pretense that it can't just be about going for something because it suits you and looks great, and it's nicely cut and is made of beautiful fabric. You know, if it has a bit of lightness and playfulness to it, then I think people just respond to that really well.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started using YouTube when I really wanted to reach out to the world, and I found a group of people who had the same interests as me.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can have everything in the world, but if you aren't happy within yourself, it's not worth it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone knows that a compliment goes a very long way, and you never know what someone's going through in their life - giving them a compliment might mean the world to them.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
In middle school, I wasn't allowed to wear makeup. I secretly bought Maybelline's SuperStay 24-hr. concealer at CVS. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.
- Muslims
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- Nov 07, 2020
The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020